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Diane L. Sabo is the Director of Audiology and Communication Disorders
at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, and Associate Professor
of the Department of Communication Science and Disorders in the
School of Health and Rehabilitation Science, with a secondary appointment
in the Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, at the
University of Pittsburgh.
Dr. Sabo's clinical and research interests include newborn hearing
screening. She established and runs the newborn hearing screening
program for three area hospitals. Over 10,000 babies per year are
screened in these hospitals and all follow-up is coordinated through
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Department of Audiology. Dr. Sabo's
involvement in newborn hearing screening extends to the state level
where she served a three year term as one of six initial members
of the PA Department of Health Hearing Screening Advisory Committee
that is charged with overseeing all aspects of the newborn hearing
screening program in PA. As one of two audiologists on the committee,
she was asked to and wrote the initial draft of the audiologic screening
and follow up guidelines. In this role, she interacted with numerous
audiologists and birthing hospitals throughout the state as well
as nationally since she is also a regional representative for the
National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management (NCHAM), which
is a technical assistant center through Utah State University. NCHAM
receives funding from federal, state and private sources to conduct
research, develop training materials, provide training and technical
assistance and disseminate information about early identification
and management of hearing loss. In her role as a regional representative,
she consults directly with six states to help resolve issues, provide
information, do presentations or help to find the resources to enable
better function of the various states Department of Health's' Newborn
Hearing Screening Programs.
In addition to newborn hearing screening, the department offers
a wide range of services for both audiology and communication disorders
and include programs for hearing aids fitting and dispensing, cochlear
implants, central auditory processing, stuttering, swallowing and
Apraxia.
Dr. Sabo is actively involved in several professional organizations
including the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, The
American Academy of Audiology and the Pennsylvania Academy of Audiology.
She has served on numerous ad-hoc committees writing professional
guidelines and documents to national convention planning. In addition,
she serves as an editorial consultant for several professional journals.
Since joining Children's Hospital in 1978 as a clinical audiologist,
Dr. Sabo has had numerous responsibilities within the department
from program coordinator to associate director of Audiology to Director
of Audiology and Communication Disorders. Since taking over the
director position, Dr. Sabo's focus has been to make the department
more accessible for those in need of the service.
Dr. Sabo has been actively involved in research for numerous years
and has collaborated on numerous NIH grants involved in the study
of otitis media and most recently, cytomegalovirus. Dr. Sabo is
also actively involved in student training serving as core faculty
for the University of Pittsburgh/Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Leadership and Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND)
training grant from Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB). She
also teaches at the university and directs students in the Department
of Communication Science and Disorders in their student research
project and for their dissertations.
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